Six Months After Filing for Senate, Josh Hawley is Still Hiding

Six months ago, Josh Hawley officially filed his candidacy for U.S. Senate. Since then, Hawley has failed to hold a single public campaign event and has declined to comment on key issues. In fact, Hawley even spent the six month anniversary of filing for Senate hiding from his own party after suffering backlash over comments he made linking the sexual revolution to sex trafficking. Hawley also faced scrutiny over the failure of his Attorney General’s office to do its job.

Meanwhile, Senator Claire McCaskill has been hard at work reaching across the aisle to get real results for Missourians. In the past six months alone, Claire helped negotiate a bipartisan end to the government shutdown, passed a bill to lower the cost of hearing aids to help seniors, and successfully passed into law the Arla Harrell Act — the culmination of two years of hard work to deliver decades-overdue relief to veterans intentionally exposed to mustard gas during World War II. She also held 49 public events and has been consistently direct with Missourians about where she stands on issues that matter to them.

Here’s a look at what Claire and Josh Hawley have been up to since Hawley filed, by the numbers:

Public Events:
Claire: 49, including 33 town halls with media avails following each one
Josh: 14, without a single public campaign event and with one campaign press call that didn’t turn out so well…

Position on Dark Money:
Claire: Endorsed by End Citizens United — and the only candidate in Missouri to proactively tell voters to ignore all dark money advertising, even those that claim to be supporting her
Josh: Endorsed by Citizens United during his AGO campaign — and has a dedicated SuperPAC that is funded solely by Illinois businessman and Roy Moore supporter Richard Uihlein

Statements on the American Health Care Act:
Claire: Too many to count – including 2 official statements, countless public comments, and several tweets
Josh: 0

Statements on DREAMers:
Claire: Again, countless – including 1 official statement, countless public comments, and several tweets
Josh: 0

Statements on Net Neutrality:
Claire: 2, and was the 30th co-sponsor on a bill to restore net neutrality, which ensured a full Senate vote
Josh: 0